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Taste Test: (Almost) Every Pumpkin-Flavored Item at Trader Joe's
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Trader Joe gets really into pumpkin season. Walk through any of the stores this month and it's like a pumpkin patch spilled all over the place. Flip through Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer, the chain's product newsletter/comic book, and you'd see that every other word in the October issue is pumpkin. Pumpkin Bread Mix, Pumpkin Ice Cream, Pumpkin Cream Cheese, Pumpkin Macarons, even Pumpkin-flavored Doggie Treats. Even Pumpkin Trees.*
* Don't worry, everything you learned about pumpkins growing on a vine like watermelons do is still true. Pumpkin Trees are not garden variety pumpkins; these munchkin pumpkins grow on a stick, 3 to 5 feet long.
Wouldn't it be fun if we bought every single pumpkin-flavored product in the store and tried them?
If you were shopping at the Brooklyn TJ's this week and saw a girl pushing a basket piled with only pumpkin products, that was me. It was a veritable scavenger hunt to find each of the pumpkin things advertised in the Fearless Flyer. "We just can't keep the Pumpkin Ravioli on the shelves," said one of the jolly Hawaiian shirt-wearing staffers, who didn't seem fazed by my pumpkined-out basket.
A small part of me was expecting them to ring all the bells and induct me into some kind of Trader Joe's shopper hall of fame (with a plaque presented by Joe himself), but no. Apparently many people feverishly stock up on Joe's seasonal pumpkin treats this time every year, especially the pumpkin butter.
But here's the question, and it's one over which I've lost some sleep. What do pumpkins even taste like? We all have an orange, squashy flavor in our minds, right? But when people think "pumpkin-flavored" they also think nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and other pie spices that show up to the pumpkin party. Sometimes pumpkin itself doesn't even show up to its own party! "Pumpkin-flavored" is often just synonymous with a mouthful of spices (and sugar).
It felt necessary to judge each item on its pumpkintensity and pie spice strength. That's not to say that something with a low pumpkintensity can't taste good and put you in an autumn-happy mood, ready to throw on a flannel and scamper through a corn maze. (TJ's Pumpkin Spice Bread Mix, for example, put me in that mood.) I don't want to be the Pumpkin Grinch here and say this whole "pumpkin-flavored" craze is one big sham, but few things truly tasted of pumpkin.
(Almost) Every Pumpkin-Flavored Item at Trader Joe's
- Pumpkin Baking Mixes (Bread, Muffins, Scones, Pancakes)
- Pecan Pumpkin Instant Oatmeal
- Pumpkin Butter
- Pumpkin Flax Granola
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Pumpkin Macarons
- Frozen Pumpkin Pie
- Pumpkin Spice Cake
- Pumpkin-Chocolate Mousse Cake
- Pumpkin Cheesescake
- Pilgrim Joe's Pumpkin Ice Cream
- Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte Mix
- Pumpkin-Flavored Doggie Treats
Note: We didn't get to try the Pumpkin Ravioli or the Pumpkin Soup because all the stores near us were sold-out.
Have you noticed the pumpkin mania at Trader Joe's? How pumpkintense do you like your pumpkin-flavored foods?
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July 23, 2012
This post from today's Daily Stat (Harvard Business Review) should give all online retailers something to think about:
When people were shown online details about a vacation package against a blue background, their average "best offer" was $712, but it was $684 when the information was presented against a red background, say Rajesh Bagchi of Virginia Tech and Amar Cheema of the University of Virginia. The research participants were implicitly competing against the seller to get the best deal, and exposure to red induces greater aggression. Red has the opposite effect in auctions, where greater aggression makes people willing to pay more in order to best other bidders, the researchers say.
Source: The Effect of Red Background Color on Willingness-to-Pay: The Moderating Role of Selling Mechanism

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Higher prices are projected for PE, PP, PS, and PVC in this first quarter, driven by tighter availability and/or higher costs of feedstocks. Ditto for commodity engineering resins—ABS, nylons 6 and 66, and PC. That's the consensus outlook of purchasing consultants at Resin Technology, Inc. (RTi), Fort Worth, Texas, CEO Michael Greenberg of The Plastics Exchange in Chicago, and consultants at IHS Chemical, Englewood, Colo.
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Polyethylene contract prices dropped by 2¢/lb in November, following discounted spot prices due to a decline in both demand and monomer costs. Suppliers failed for the third time to push through their October 5¢/lb increase, but a "new" 5¢/lb hike was posted for Jan. 1.
Throughout 2012, PE prices fell a total of 5¢/lb. The scenario changed somewhat in December, as spot ethylene monomer prices rose following several unplanned cracker outages. Ethylene for December delivery traded at up to 53¢/lb, a gain of about 2¢, according to Greenberg. "January was priced at a slight premium and from there prices began to slide, eventually reaching a discount of 4¢/lb," he said. According to Mike Burns, RTi's v.p. for PE, the cost to produce ethylene is the lowest it has been in at least five to six years.
Both Greenberg and Burns reported that there were lots of orders for prime and off-spec PE in November and early December. Says Burns, "I believe PE prices have now bottomed out. This big inventory pull will make for even tighter inventories, which will serve to support firmer prices." He ventured that PE prices could remain flat through December and January, but he does not see any further price decline, based on inventory levels. Both sources see higher prices coming this quarter.
Polypropylene contract prices moved up 4¢/lb in November, in step with monomer. By mid-December, PP prices appeared to be flat, although monomer contracts had yet to be settled, but spot propylene monomer prices were rising. "Best-case scenario for processors is that propylene contracts will settle flat at November levels," noted Scott Newell, director of client services for PP at RTi. Both he and Greenberg saw potential for a tightening of monomer supplies due to planned cracker shutdowns in the first and second quarters, which could put upward pressure on resin prices. At the same time, industry projections suggest that overall demand may remain flat through this quarter.
According to Newell, a big push for wider profit margins by PP suppliers has proved successful, to the tune of 1¢/lb on average. Some buyers got the increase in December, and many others will feel it this month, depending on contract terms. Some suppliers aim to decouple PP pricing from monomer price fluctuations in order to improve margins. Other suppliers may have given up on that approach and have instead taken the position that while monomer-based pricing can continue, PP resin will be priced higher depending on other factors.
Operating rates for PP in 2012 averaged between 88% and 89%. Overall PP demand for 2012 was expected to be up between 1% and 1.5%, with export demand down by 20% and domestic demand up about 2.5%.
Polystyrene prices were flat last month after moving up an average of 5¢/lb in November. December benzene contracts settled flat, and November ethylene contract prices dropped 2¢/lb, according to Mark Kallman, RTi's director of client services for engineering resins, PS, and PVC.
Nevertheless, domestic PS prices have been at all-time-high, and some industry sources expect them to remain there. That may attract more imports with competitive pricing.
In a recent IHS Chemical industry webinar, consultants noted that benzene prices hasve risen steadily in the last four years, reaching an all-time-high of $4.93/gal in December, and they expect this will continue. RTi's Kallman concurs but does not see benzene prices rising much in this quarter. The consultants also noted that benzene imports to North America now account for 20% of supply and will only grow, as domestic supply remains constrained. That, in turn, will put pressure on PS prices. They also projected that the volatility in ethylene prices of the last few years will abate due to new ethane capacity.
Domestic demand for PS has been dropping since 2010, attributed to declining demand in packaging due to bans on PS packaging here and abroad. Experts at IHS say global PS operating rates are down to around 70% as a result. They expect Chinese demand for PS in electronics and appliances to drive the cost of PS from now on.
RTI's Kallman and IHS consultants estimate a 2% drop in domestic demand in 2012. They project a slow first half for 2013, with possible growth in the latter half of 0.5-1.0%.
PVC prices rose 2-3¢/lb by the end of November and were flat last month. However, Georgia Gulf initiated a 3¢ hike for Jan. 1, and the other two major suppliers were expected to follow suit. In addition to a couple of unplanned ethylene cracker shutdowns in December, there are planned maintenance turnarounds in the first quarter that could tighten ethylene supply enough to help support suppliers' aim to increase prices, says Kallman from RTI.
Both Kallman and IHS consultants note that after the dramatic downturn in PVC demand since 2004, there was improvement between 2011 and 2012. This was particularly true in June to November of 2012, which saw an 8.4% increase in domestic demand. Demand growth for 2012 was expected to round out to around 5%. These sources project demand growth of about 3% in 2013. Higher prices are expected at least for the first quarter. IHS experts' longer-range forecast is for domestic PVC prices be higher over the next 4-5 years and lower in Europe.
ABS prices dropped another 2-4¢/lb by the end of November and flattened out in December. The total drop in prices from April to the end of 2012 was around 22-24¢/lb, estimates RTI's Kallman.
However, suppliers have issued price hikes of 4-5¢/lb for Jan. 1, spurred by rising feedstock costs—primarily benzene but also acrylonitrile, ammonia, and propylene. Kallman ventures that suppliers will push hard to implement at least part of their increases, but he warns that they need to be watchful of very competitive ABS imports from the Far East.
Domestic ABS demand was lackluster last year and remains weak globally, so 2012 consumption was expected to be lower than 2011's. Along with higher feedstock costs, this has resulted in very thin margins for ABS suppliers.
Nylon 6 and 66 prices in the fourth quarter were relatively flat, due to higher benzene prices, after price erosion in the third quarter of 5-10%. Nylon 6 suppliers came out with contract-price nominations 7-10¢ higher in November/December, and some degree of implementation was likely this month. Higher benzene prices are the key factor cited. Since benzene is of lesser content in nylon 66, no price hikes have surfaced thus far.
Domestic demand for nylon 66 and nylon 6 has been very good, due primarily to the automotive market and in part to housing and carpeting. A similar scenario is expected for 2013, depending on the strength of these sectors. However, exports have fallen due to slowed global economic conditions, so supplies of material are quite ample, which may remain the case this year. Expect flat-to-upwards pricing in first quarter, says RTI's Kallman.
Polycarbonate prices remained relatively flat through the fourth quarter owing to high benzene prices and relatively good domestic demand. Following a failed price-hike attempt early in the fourth quarter, suppliers have issued new price increases in the 11-12¢/lb range, effective Jan. 1. The move is attributed to higher feedstock costs, primarily benzene.
Domestic demand remained good last year, primarily in automotive and to a lesser degree in construction. PC exports were also pretty healthy, according to Kallman. He estimated total demand growth of 6-7%% in 2012, but expected to see a decline this year due to competition from new global capacity that will result in lower U.S. exports. Prices could move up in the first quarter if demand in automotive holds up and construction also improves, says Kallman.
Melt Flow Rate Testing–Part 1
Though often criticized, MFR is a very good gauge of the relative average molecular weight of the polymer. Since molecular weight (MW) is the driving force behind performance in polymers, it turns out to be a very useful number.
The Importance of Melt & Mold Temperature
Molders should realize how significantly process conditions can influence the final properties of the part.
Density & Molecular Weight in Polyethylene
This so-called 'commodity' material is actually quite complex, making selecting of the right type a challenge.


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As the 67th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations opened in New York yesterday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today laid out the agenda for the General Assembly's annual high-level debate. World leaders will have a wide range of pressing global challenges to address as they convene at the United Nations next week.
"This year's general debate will be among our busiest ever," Mr. Ban told a press conference at UN Headquarters, referring to the gathering of heads of State and government that kicks off the new session of the Assembly every year. "This reflects the tumultuous times in which we live – a time of turmoil and transition."
Over 120 world leaders are expected to take part in this year's general debate, which takes place from 25 September to 1 October. In addition, Mr. Ban will host a number of meetings on the margins of the debate, including on the rule of law, polio eradication, disarmament, sustainable energy and nutrition. He will also launch a new initiative, entitled 'Education First.'
The ongoing crisis in Syria, where over 18,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the uprising began in March 2011, will be high on the agenda. "The deteriorating situation in Syria will be foremost in our minds," said Mr. Ban.
In addition, a series of mini-summits and special meetings will focus on the emergency in Africa's Sahel region, progress in Somalia, the encouraging transitions in Myanmar and Yemen, instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and relations between Sudan and South Sudan.
Mr. Ban noted that the opening of the Assembly's sixty-seventh session takes place against a backdrop of widespread violence linked to intolerance.
"I once again condemn those who deliberately provoke others with hatred and bigotry. I also join with others in speaking out against those who, in response to such provocations, fan those flames further still," he said. "It is time for calm, restraint and responsible political and community leadership."
Earlier this year, the Secretary-General set out an action agenda that identified five generational imperatives: sustainable development, prevention, a more secure world, helping countries in transition and empowering women and youth. "Next week I will outline where we are and where I believe we need to go," he stated.
That effort, he said, must include modernizing the UN through a series of reform initiatives. "But most of all, it will require greater ambition on the part of the world's leaders. I intend to be frank with them about where we are falling short, why people around the world have a right to be impatient, and how we can do better," said Mr. Ban.
"At a time of rising inequality and unemployment, a time of rising temperatures and intolerance, the UN itself must rise to the moment," he added.
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Jerry Hollendorfer (born June 18, 1946 in Akron, Ohio) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers.
Hollendorfer currently lives in Redwood City, California with his wife, Janet.
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gang stalking is worst than rape.
October 13, 2012, 02:59
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gang stalking is worst than rape.
Actually being gang stalked is the same as being raped, but you have no chance of defending yourself, and worst than that you can´t send those criminals to prison, first because no one is gonna believe you, and most people don´t have any idea of who is the attacker, in my case I know who is the attacker, a church in Troy Michigan...but what can I do to punish those bastards?
October 20, 2012, 18:31
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RE: gang stalking is worst than rape.
i absolutely agree with you and all these serious issues raised. when you try to communicate to people you hope will help you. they look at you like your an alien. because they themselves are so hypnotized. by the position of power they are in. keep your spirit strong. i search the web for answers. or groups near me. who might be in a similar situation. had no luck yet but i am hopeful
October 21, 2012, 02:37
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RE: gang stalking is worst than rape.
Keep a journal, and make sure that it is well-worded and that you come across as well-informed about the subject at hand, so that it can be distinguished as totally separate from mental illness, keeping in mind at all times that your perps would like nothing more for you to be declared mentally ill, so that you will suffer in silence from that point on.
October 23, 2012, 15:36
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RE: gang stalking is worst than rape.
very well put ThePillorian. making people understand that its not your mind. but someone else's sickness that causes this. is difficult to do. because they put it down to tinnitus. or some type of mild mental illness. i even showed proof to a number of civil workers. by placing a glass of water on a still surface. in my room and you could clearly see the water reacting to the wave. the louder the wave got. the faster the water showed ripple effects. my council wants me to take them to court. so we can move to the next phase. but why would i put myself on a stand. in a court of law. when i have already proved my point on so many different levels. so in a way i have proved its not mental illness. which i agree with you. is to make sure that the powers that be understand the situation
May 12, 2014, 11:11
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RE: gang stalking is worst than rape.
Can anyone tell how they target and what is source like phone or any other thing via they get the location .
How this technology work i mean they use DNA , image of person .
May 12, 2016, 19:36
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RE: gang stalking is worst than rape.
How they target:
[WIKI] Geo-Stalking: Cell phones and Tablets
[WIKI] Geo-Stalking: Radar can see through walls
[WIKI] Geo-Stalking: Spy satellites, spy blimps, spy planes operated by contractors and multi-beam antenna systems
+[WIKI] Geo-stalking: Wireless Sensor Networks
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Greetings once again true believers! Another year has gone by and we are once again in Superhero territory. Before you groan and roll your eyes, hold that thought. This isn't your daddy's Spider-Man.
Moving forward to a more modern slant on the original webslinger story, Ultimate Spider-Man takes us back to Peter Parker's young adult life. Peter Parker is just 15 years old in the Ultimate Spider-Man universe. He goes to Midtown High School in Queens New York and still lives with Aunt May. Peter's Uncle Ben's fate is sealed in the same fashion as the original story, but here is where the story diverges from the original.
A young Peter Parker focuses heavily on science as he works as a web designer for The Daily Bugle. Succeeding in following in his late father's footsteps, Peter creates a powerful adhesive that allows him to fire a web much like a spider – with a costume that his long-time girlfriend Mary-Jane Watson keeps patched up, Spider-Man is born.
Peter and his friend Eddie Brock Jr. begin working on their late father's final project – a cure for Cancer. Peter steals the formula late at night and tries it out only to discover that the powerful black Venom suit that covered his body felt great for a short while but began to consume him from the inside. Eddie, after finding out Peter's secret identity, and what Peter had done, takes the formula and runs into the streets. The suit covers Eddie and he becomes Venom. The police take shots at Venom and back him into a downed power line. In a flash, Eddie and the suit disappear. Peter is devastated by the loss of his friend, but works hard to balance his high-school life, his work, and his constant hero work. This is where our story begins.
You'll notice that the storyline isn't the only big change for Ultimate Spider-Man. The graphics in this title are an evolution in the art of cel-shading. By adjusting the lighting system, the game takes on a look that almost exactly mimics the comic books from which the story is drawn. The new look meshes perfectly with the upgraded character style. Rhino for instance is no longer a fat guy in a suit and has been replaced with a large mechanized robot. Rhino isn't the only character to receive an upgrade. You'll cross paths with Electro, Wolverine, Johnny Storm, Beetle, Nick Fury, Green Goblin, and more as you move through the storyline.
The other major upgrade to this game is the use of a comic-style cutscene system. The story is told via panels that slide into the frame of the screen. The characters interact within these panels, often jumping between them just like you'd see in a pen and ink comic book. This can happen in the middle of a mission or in between them. The graphics and panels capture the look and feel of a comic perfectly.
The Cube version is typically the just as strong as the Xbox for graphic power and often has short load times, and sharp textures. The load times are very short (roughly 5 seconds to load a long cutscene, and then 2 to 3 seconds to get to the next area, just like the Xbox version) and the streaming technology used in the first title makes a stronger comeback. The game area has been expanded from the first game and now includes Peter's apartment in Queens. The graphics in this game simply can't be matched for the subject matter – my hat is off to Mark Bagley for the art direction and Treyarch for pulling it off.
Michael Bendis has penned a great storyline that chronicles Ultimate Spider-Man comic number 39 where Venom appears. While the game doesn't have the star power of the movie-based games, the voice acting is still great. Michael's writing is often quirky and the dialog matches his writing. To do some research for this review I checked out a few comics myself. The writing was spot-on and Michael's influence into the production of the game is obvious. Venom is menacing and the banter between Mary-Jane and Peter is a lot of fun. The voice actors pull off the dialog perfectly. I still miss Bruce Campbell doing the voice-overs.
I would like to mention that this title takes great advantage of my surround sound system. With a simple menu change I was hearing cars honk behind me and the sounds of civilians in trouble to the left and right.
Spider-Man is all about webswinging. The controls of Ultimate Spider-Man are improved over last year's Spider-Man 2 title, also from Activision. To jump in this title simply hit A. Since Spidey is not your average superhero, he can double jump, wall crawl with the B key, punch and kick with the X and Y button respectively, web swing with the left trigger, and web attack with the right trigger. Swinging has been improved in that it is easier to control and feels more fluid. You have to shoot your web (which stays even after use) and then hit the left trigger to throw out another one when the buildings are high enough to stick to. You can't simply swing attached to thin air, so you have to be a little more aware of the size of the buildings that surround you. By using web zips (left and right trigger together) and swinging you can move through the city very quickly with just a little practice.
Venom, the second playable character, controls slightly differently. He does not have the chemical that Peter uses to create web lines, so he has to rely on his incredible strength. Venom can jump literally up to the top of incredibly tall buildings with little effort. This means that he can cover distance faster than Spider-Man as long as he is on top of the skyscrapers. Venom can also stick to buildings and climb them, just like Spidey. You can attack with Venom's tentacles with the Y button and use his razor sharp claws with the X button. As the suit threatens to consume you from the inside, you have to feed. Tapping the left trigger allows you to feed on innocent bystanders.
Both characters are quick and will often face multiple opponents. You can use the thumbstick and an attack key to strike in any direction. This method allows you to take out several opponents at once very rapidly. Spidey is not the seasoned fighter that he is in the previous game, so his moves are more acrobatic and less martial arts. You can bounce off vehicles and walls and use spring attacks as well as his webbing to subdue his enemies. The combat is fun and doesn't degenerate into button mashing.
As with all 3D games, the camera will be the point of contention. Ultimate Spider-Man is no exception. The camera behaves perfectly while you are above the skyscrapers, but can become slightly shaky when you are in the alleys between buildings. Thankfully you can rope the camera to a degree by tapping the right analog stick to lock it behind your character. In the menus you can also invert the camera horizontally and vertically, as well as adjust the music and game sound independently.
The controls in the other console versions of Ultimate Spider-Man are very easy to use. The Cube controller itself puts a black mark on the controls for this version. While the buttons are mapped well for this game, I find the controller to be uncomfortable. The issue is that the buttons are not in a natural position to reach. If you like the Cube controller, feel free to throw a few more points into this section.
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can, indeed! Ultimate Spider-Man is one of the best titles I've played this year. It takes some of the best points of Spider-Man 2 and improves them, then couples it with the fantastic new graphic engine. Slam that together with the new Bendis-penned storyline and you have a great game with a great storyline that is fun to play.
Many of the aspects of the previous game have made a return here. You can do race missions, your first one taking place against Fantastic Four's Johnny Storm. You can also drop in and take out bad guys doing various bad things. They show up on your radar as a little red dot. Your missions show up as green dots and will have a large light above them to show you where you need to go. Personally, I let the cops handle the bad guys…I have web swinging to do.
Web swinging makes a big comeback for this game. You can zip around the city to your heart's content, just as in the previous title. When you grow tired of that you can start paying attention to tokens and missions. You can help those aforementioned cops catch the bad guys, you can visit landmarks, and you can unlock special content. All of these items are viewable on your city map. By satisfying certain objectives you can collect extra health icons, comic book covers, race points, combat tours, or races against your nemesis, Venom.
Overall, the missions as both Spider-Man and as Venom are fairly easy in the beginning. Bad guys don't offer a great deal of resistance in the beginning and snatching little kids or adults and eating them isn't too hard for Venom. (Yes, you can eat that little kid and his damned red balloon) The difficulty will come when you hit the boss battles. One of the very first bosses you'll face as Venom is Wolverine. How do you damage a guy who is indestructible and has claws as tough as yours? Guess you'll find out or die trying. Other boss characters include Electro (sporting electricity, Venom's weakness), Rhino, and Green Goblin. Each boss battle requires a certain level of strategy and it is fun trying to figure out how best to approach those battles.
There is one gameplay aspect that I've always dreaded to see in any game – timed missions. There are occasional missions in Ultimate Spider-Man that will require you to pull off a particular objective in a certain time limit. These often revolve around the Threat Assessment Meter – a small circle that winds down until it is 'too late'. You might have to jump up and save a civilian dangling from a building, or lift a burning car to get them to safety. This will introduce another bar called the Strength Test Meter. The Strength Test Meter is a quarter-circle bar with an arrow. You have to alternate the left and right triggers to make the arrow stay in the green portion (which can move) to accomplish your goal. This means that if you haven't mastered the controls (I suggest races to perfect your technique), or your left and right trigger timing is off, you might be stuck in some trial and error gameplay. Overall, it's a minor nuisance.
Ultimate Spider-Man seems to be a linear title in that you have a storyline that you have to complete to finish the game. It has to be completed in a certain order, and you can't skip anything. Does that make this game linear? Not when you can ignore the missions and simply web swing and fight bad guys all day. The fun of this game is that you can pick it up at any time and swing around for a while and then shelf the title for the day. It is a rare game that you can do that sort of thing. Even the full missions are short enough where you can plow through one or two on a lunch break.
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- In a large zipper top bag, mix together all of the marinade ingredients. Add the chicken pieces. (The thighs are our favorite, but drumsticks are good too.) Place in refrigerator and let marinate for up to 3 days. We have done anywhere from 1 1/2 to 3 days and the longer chicken that marinated longer was our favorite. Every so often adjust the chicken in the bag so that all of the chicken gets plenty of contact with the goodness.
- The day of grilling, stir together the basting liquid. Remove chicken from the marinade and add remaining marinade liquid to the basting liquid.
- Preheat your grill. You want a medium heat because there is a lot of sugar in the marinade the basting liquid and you don't want everything to turn black. Cook chicken, basting frequently until a meat thermometer reads 165 F. Remember that the basting liquid has some raw chicken juice in it, so quit basting a minute or two before you plan to pull the chicken.


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SUNY Canton Alumnus and World Renowned Cattle Breeder Passes AwayTuesday, March 6th, 2012
A SUNY Canton Distinguished Alumnus who used his education to make his dreams a reality and helped current students pursue their own has passed away.
Dr. R. Peter Heffering, a graduate of the class of 1951, died on Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 80 years old.
"Peter's contributions to the agricultural industry made him a true master at his profession," Kennedy said. "He showed our students and the entire campus community that a SUNY Canton education can help you exceed your dreams and accomplish anything you desire. We thank him for the students he's helped and the significant advancements he's made to our College and its rich history."
Heffering received two of the College's most prestigious awards. He was named Distinguished Alumnus in 2003 and awarded the first-ever honorary doctorate in Animal Science at SUNY Canton's 2004 Commencement. He was also a member of both the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame.
He earned his degree in animal husbandry and worked as a herdsman at the former Beacon Milling Company Research Farm in central New York. He later established his own farm, Hanover Hill. Hanover Hill Holsteins produced 140 proven sires including the legendary Hanover Hill Starbuck, who died in 1998 and left behind 200,000 registered offspring on five continents. His Hanover Hill Holstein herd was one of the most famous in the world for many years.
In 1989, Heffering made his entrance into harness racing and enjoyed great success. His champions won the most coveted races in the sport, including the Little Brown Jug, North America Cup, Meadowlands Pace, Canadian Trotting Classic, Kentucky Futurity, Breeders Crown and numerous Ontario Sires Stakes events.
In 1998, Heffering sold his Hanover Hill herd and focused his attention on a new passion, Standardbred Horses. He and his son, David, opened Tara Hills Stud in Port Perry, Ontario, which has become one of North America's premier Standardbred breeding operations, and they have made a huge impact in the racing industry. In 2012, 11 stallions stand in their state-of-the art stallion barn. Heffering bred a number of elite Standardbreds, including 2001 U.S. Horse of the Year Bunny Lake.
He returned to campus in 2003 to accept his Distinguished Alumnus award and serve as a Commencement speaker. He used his own success story to illustrate how his SUNY Canton education and his own initiative gave him the tools he needed to follow through on his boyhood dreams. At the end of his speech, the graduates sprung to their feet and gave Heffering a standing ovation.
He provided the financial support to create SUNY Canton's Bridge to Success scholarships through the College's Foundation. The scholarships are designed to help students who have no other monetary options attend college and pursue their own dreams. He frequently visited his scholarship recipients and fondly referred to them as "his other children."
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his name to the Bridge to Success Scholarship at SUNY Canton or the Hospice by the Sea, 531 West Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486.


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- John Avlon: Fed up with partisan dysfunction, Olympia Snowe not seeking re-election
- She is among politicians targeted by own party for being centrist, a damaging trend, he says
- GOP may live to regret this, he says: Her leaving will make it tough to regain the Senate
- Avlon: This should be wake-up call for moderate Americans
The Vital Center is under siege on Capital Hill. "Congress is now more polarized than at any time since the late 19th century," attests the data-driven blog Vote View.
It has gotten so bad that Sen. Olympia Snowe is throwing in the towel on her three-term career in disgust: "I do find it frustrating," she said, "that an atmosphere of polarization and 'my way or the highway' ideologies has become pervasive in campaigns and in our governing institutions."
What's worse, she doesn't think it's going to get better any time soon: "I do not realistically expect the partisanship of recent years in the Senate to change over the short term."
It's just the latest confirmation of what you know in your gut: Our politics have become hijacked by hyper-partisans. Our divided Congress is dysfunctional. Our government is broken.
The Maine Republican's comments echoed Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh's statement when he announced he wouldn't seek re-election in 2010:
"For some time, I have had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should," Bayh said. "There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress. Too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem solving."
How many times will we need to hear the same refrain before we start taking these warnings seriously? Snowe's announcement follows Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson's decision to not run for re-election after being attacked for compiling a record as the most conservative Democrat left in the Senate.
Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, Al Gore's pick for vice president and John McCain's close ally, has also announced his retirement, for similar reasons. In 2006, Lieberman found himself under attack from the left for his post-9/11 support of the Bush War on Terror and won re-election as an independent after a lifetime as a centrist Democrat.
Conservatives have long gloried in the sport of RINO-hunting, trying to defeat what they call "Republicans In Name Only" in closed partisan primaries. Longtime centrist Republican Sen. Dick Lugar is the latest to be targeted in this cycle. Now liberal Democrats are trying to get into the game. These professional partisans believe the cure for what ails our political system is further polarization.
They are peddling a view of politics as an all or nothing ideological war, the strategy: mutually assured destruction.
Certainly, the ranks of centrist Republicans, operating in a grand tradition dating back to at least Theodore Roosevelt, have been diminished.
The number of northeast Republicans remaining in Congress can be counted on two hands.
Likewise, the ranks of Blue Dog Democrats -- resurgent during the New Democrat centrism of the Clinton years -- have been cut in half. North Carolina's Heath Shuler, who worked across the aisle most recently to try to achieve a grand bargain with a $4 trillion deficit reduction, won't run for re-election. Neither will Oklahoma's lone Democratic congressman, Rep. Dan Boren.
"It is not surprising to hear the news of Sen. Snowe's retirement," Boren e-mailed me. "She, like many of us in the center, have watched with dismay the further polarization of our politics. This is caused by an out of control campaign finance system which includes super PACs, the gerrymandering of congressional districts and a Congress that puts party above the national interest at almost every turn."
Republicans might soon learn to regret the departure of centrists like Olympia Snowe for purely practical reasons: Their attempts to take back control of the U.S. Senate in the 2012 election just got a lot tougher. Snowe was hugely popular in her home state despite some tea party grousing. It is, after all, one of the states where registered independents outnumber Democrats or Republicans. But now her seat is likely to be won by a Democrat, leaving Republicans fighting to pick up another.
A half century ago, congressional voting patterns resembled a bell curve -- with some congress members voting on the far left and far right, but most clustered in the center. Not coincidentally, this also reflected the spread of political opinions held by most Americans.
There were liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats. The result was that creative cross-aisle coalitions could be formed to pass major legislation. During divided government in the past, we passed the Marshall Plan and the Interstate Highway System. All the Reagan administration legislative accomplishments were passed with divided government -- the same was true of welfare reform and the balanced budgets of the Clinton years.
But now divided government means dysfunctional government. There is no trust and little cooperation. As a result, Congress has the lowest approval ratings on record. They cannot reason together and solve problems.
The departure of centrists like Snowe will make that job much harder in the foreseeable future. Their frustration with the status quo should be a huge wake-up call to the moderate majority of Americans.
The two parties may be polarized, but the American people are not. We need to send that message loud and clear to the professional partisans who are invested in polarization.
Make no mistake, the dysfunction will not get better until we change this corrosive culture of conformity in our politics.
"I see a vital need for the political center in order for our democracy to flourish and to find solutions that unite rather than divide us. It is time for change in the way we govern," said Snowe in her statement. "We must return to an era of civility in government driven by a common purpose to fulfill the promise that is unique to America."
I'll devote my next column to some ways we can start to push back on the dysfunctional congressional culture the hyper-partisans have created.
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He will survive.
The winning site, by the way, is fantastic. I'm not sure why I hadn't realized that before — maybe I visited during slow times or something — but a quick look at it today reveals that his front page has two posts — two — on the vacancy for defensive quality control coach. Thorough is an understatement.


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Rempel, Gerhard Jakob (1885-1937)
Gerhard Jakob Rempel: engineer and mill owner; born on 20 March 1885 in Rosenthal, Chortitza Mennonite settlement, South Russia, to Jakob G. Rempel (1860-1922) and Katharina (Sawatzky) Rempel (1864-1960). He was the eldest of seven children. On 23 July 1917, Gerhard married Aganeta Koop (3 August 1893, Einlage, Chortitza, South Russia – 30 September 1988, Calgary, Alberta, Canada), daughter of Peter A. Koop (1865-1936) and Anna (Loewen) Koop (1867-1915) of Einlage and granddaughter of Abraham J. Koop, founder of the A. J. Koop Factory of Einlage and Schoenwiese. The couple had two children, Anna and Jakob. Gerhard was arrested on 4 August 1937 and executed on 26 December 1937 in Odessa, Ukraine.
Gerhard grew up in Chortiza, likely completing Zentralschule there. He was baptized on 1 June 1910 in Gruenfeld and remained a firm Christian for the rest of his life, being part of a church whenever possible. He studied engineering in several areas of Germany, including Chemnitz, Saxony. There he likely attended the Königliche Gewerbschule (Royal Mercantile College; now the Chemnitz University of Technology). In 1913, he returned to Russia to work at the A. J. Koop factory in Einlage as a design engineer.
Rempel continued to work for the Koop Factory in Einlage and was part of the design team that built the first tractor ever produced in Ukraine. He worked with two other engineers, A. A. Unger and Kornelius Johann Pauls. Planning for the tractor began before 1914, and production of the "Zaporozhetz 1" proceeded rapidly despite reservations Gerhard had about the wheel design.
In May of 1923, the "Zaporozhetz 1" was awarded a gold medal at the first All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition. Some of the engineers who had worked on the project were offered more prestigious positions, and Rempel was transferred to Factory Communar in Zaporozhye to work as a designer engineer. Work continued on a second model of the tractor.
Meanwhile, Gerhard continued his work on various agricultural machines, including a grain tractor/seeding machine that received a gold medal at the International Exhibition in Libau, Latvia. He was appointed chief manager of the technical bureau of a large factory that produced seeding machines in Zinovjewst (Kirovograd). The Rempel family moved from Einlage to Zaporozhye in 1925, presumably following Gerhard's promotion, and then in 1929 to Kirovograd.
When the purges began, Rempel came to the attention of the Soviets. In 1933, he was arrested and jailed in Odessa for participating in "counter-revolutionary organizations." He was released on 22 May 1934 after 13 months in jail because of a lack of evidence. He was able to obtain a position in Kharkov as an engineer in the Ukrainian Scientific Exploration Institute of Agricultural Machinery, and the family moved there in 1934.
In Kharkov, Gerhard and his family lived in an apartment while Gerhard worked in the Institute, which produced combines and repaired military aircraft. In 1937, two commissioners arrived at the factory to inspect the work; although one of them was pleased with it, the other feared that the non-Russian engineers and workers might eventually betray the Soviet Union. Gerhard was accused of spying for Germany and plotting to create an independent Ukraine. He was arrested in August, convicted on 25 December 1937, and executed the next day.
Gerhard Jakob Rempel was a skilled and dedicated engineer whose work and life greatly contributed to the society in which he lived. Remaining faithful to the end, he left a legacy of commitment for his family and friends to follow.
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 6.00 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2009: #146860.
Huebert, Helmut T. 1937: Stalin's Year of Terror. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2009.
Rempel, Anna. Family history (unpublished). In the possession of Anna Rempel, Calgary, Alberta.
Shevelyev, Mark. "Wer entwarf den ersten Traktor." Der Bote (17 April 1996): 5, 12, translated by Vitalius Martens; with responses: (15 May 1996): 5, 7 and (15 June 1996): 9, 12.
Shevelyev, Mark. "Rempel's Wheel." Auto ZAZ News (7 April 1998); translated by Anna Rempel.
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Phone records show she used her device 44 times during the trip.
While Davis called first responders, she refused to help the bicyclist and had some choice words for responding police officers:
"I just don't care because I've already been through a lot of bullshit and my car is like pretty expensive and now I have to fix it. I'm kind of pissed off that the cyclist has hit the side of my car. I don't agree that people texting and driving could hit a cyclist. I wasn't on my phone when I hit the cyclist."
David was fined $4,500 and lost her license for nine months.
Her victim, meanwhile, suffered a spinal fracture and will be hospitalized for months, The Standard reported.


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A viral video sweeping the internet managed to give some New Yorkers the fright of their life, but the whole thing was an elaborate marketing campaign for the "Carrie" remake in theaters next week. James Percelay, co-founder of the marketing firm Thinkmodo, which made the video, joins the News Hub.
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Google surpasses Microsoft as world's most-visited site
It's official: Google rules the world.
The Mountain View search engine has outstripped Microsoft on two fronts, becoming both the most visited Web site and the most valuable global brand.
The events are major milestones for Google, which has grown into a business juggernaut. Torrid growth and outsized profits have quickly propelled the company past many established blue chip giants while generating a host of complaints that it has become too powerful.
"These are really significant events," said Geoffrey Bowker, executive director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Santa Clara University. "At the moment, everything that Google is touching turns to gold."
For the first time, Google has edged ahead of Microsoft as the world's most visited Internet property. Online measurement firm comScore Networks found that Google had just over a million more unique users in March than its arch-rival.
Google had 528 million unique visitors in March, up 5 percent from the previous month, according to comScore. Microsoft had 527 million visitors during the same month, up 3.7 percent.
Popular in the United States, Google is even more of a powerhouse in many European countries.
In a statement, Google said: "Our goal has always been to provide the best online experience for our users. We build products based on user needs and input, which is part of what makes Google unique and results in a great online experience."
Microsoft declined to comment.
Until the latest rankings, Microsoft was the most popular Web property in every month since comScore began tracking global numbers in January 2006. And given the growth trends, Microsoft was undoubtedly No. 1 long before the survey was started, according to Bob Ivins, executive vice president for comScore.
Google inched ahead based on its phenomenal popularity, not only in its core search business but also its e-mail service, online maps and personalized home pages. The recent acquisition of video site YouTube, for $1.65 billion, also has boosted Google's count of unique visitors.
In comparison, Microsoft's growth has been sluggish in recent years. It simply hasn't been adding users fast enough to keep up.
In the latest figures, Google's lead is little more than a statistical hair. But given the company's momentum, Google is likely to widen the gap, at least in the short term, Ivins said.
ComScore's estimates are based on tracking 2 million Internet users across the globe, from home and work (but not from Internet cafes or schools). Only users 15 and older are factored into calculations.
"Unique" visitors are a key measurement in the Internet industry, showing how many individuals visited a particular Web site in a given month. Users are counted only once, even those who may visit a site multiple times during the period.
Unique users, however, isn't the only statistic that matters online. For example, Google still trails in the amount of time global users spend on its properties: an average of 4.6 minutes compared to 12.8 minutes on Microsoft.
Separately, Google was named the most powerful brand in 2007 in an annual survey released Monday by Millward Brown, a British market research company. The company's brand was valued at $66.4 billion, ahead of GE, Microsoft and Coca-Cola.
The study measures the potential earnings of a brand and loyalty. Physical property, such as factories and real estate, weren't included.
In the survey, Google's ranking jumped to the top spot from No. 7 a year ago, based on a 77 percent increase in the value of its brand. Microsoft, which led the survey in 2006, tumbled because of an 11 percent drop in the perceived value of its brand.
Despite Google's current strength, Bowker, from Santa Clara University, emphasized that Google's winning streak isn't guaranteed in the future. He recalled a number of companies that once seemed invincible later faltered, including IBM and General Motors.
Google, in particular, faces a number of risks, ranging from a lawsuit by Viacom over copyright infringement on YouTube to political uproar over censoring search results in China.
"It's an uncertain time," Bowker said. "Just because you pass a milestone and everything is going so swimmingly doesn't mean you can't crash and burn."
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2. Microsoft ... 527 million
3. Yahoo ... 476 million
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At the invitation of State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Chile Roberto Ampuero will pay an official visit to China from September 13 to 15.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold talks with Foreign Minister Ampuero. The two sides will have in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest. This visit will help deepen political mutual trust, expand common understandings on cooperation, and inject new impetus into the China-Chile comprehensive strategic partnership.
Chile is an important country in both Latin America and Asia Pacific regions. It is also a comprehensive strategic partner for China. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the leaders on both sides, China-Chile relations have been growing steadily with frequent high-level exchanges and fruitful cooperation in various fields. Under the new circumstances, China stands ready to work with Chile to maintain the momentum of all-around exchange, act on the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative to fully release the dividends of an upgraded bilateral free trade agreement, and elevate friendly ties and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.
Q: State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Pakistan recently, right after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up his visit to that country. Could you tell us what are the considerations for State Councilor Wang's visit? What outcomes have been achieved?
A: Not long ago, Pakistan formed a new government after successfully completing its election process. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit is aimed to coordinate with the new Pakistani administration and compare notes on cooperation across the board so as to ensure a good start for the China-Pakistan relations under the new circumstances.
China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. Our relationship is as stable as Mount Tai regardless of party differences and political transitions. The China-Pakistan friendship has withstood the test of the changing international situation and times. This unbreakable friendship is deeply rooted in the hearts of the two peoples. In the meantime, the development of China-Pakistan relationship is not targeted at any third party, nor will it be affected as each of us develops bilateral ties with other countries.
During his visit, State Councilor Wang Yi met with Pakistan's President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser and leaders of the military, and held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on deepening the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership and other international and regional issues of mutual concern and reached many consensuses.
Politically, the two sides will further deepen strategic mutual trust and strengthen strategic communication. We will also more staunchly support each other's core and major interests and more closely communicate and coordinate with each other on major issues of mutual interest.
Economically, the two sides will step up development cooperation with focus on people's livelihood. China will give more assistance on a priority basis to such areas as agriculture, education, medical service and drinking water, delivering tangible benefits to more people. The two sides will enhance the building of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and decide the future development path and the course for cooperation through negotiations in light of Pakistan's next-stage socio-economic development priorities and the needs of its people. We will prioritize the faster development of industrial cooperation and livelihood projects, gradually extend them to the western part of Pakistan and enable more Pakistanis to benefit from the CPEC.
In terms of security, the two sides decide to bolster defense and security cooperation. We will promote exchanges between our militaries and law-enforcement institutes and firmly crack down on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. China will support Pakistan in continuing to resolutely fight terrorism in accordance with its national conditions.
Pakistan's new government has stressed many times that it will continue to regard its relations with China as the cornerstone of its foreign policies. Likewise, China will continue to prioritize Pakistan in its foreign policies and neighborhood diplomacy. China is ready to work with the new Pakistani administration to forge China-Pakistan relations into a model of good neighborliness, a pillar of regional peace and stability, and an exemplar of the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Q: The Human Rights Watch in New York today accused China of suppressing Uighurs in Xinjiang. What is your reaction to that?
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Another point I want to make is that the Chinese government protect citizens' right to freedom of religious belief in accordance with the law, and people of all ethnic groups fully enjoy such right in accordance with the law.
Q: The US State Department said last week that it is recalling its top diplomats from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama. This follows each of these countries' decision to establish diplomatic ties with China. They previously had them with Taiwan. What is your response to this move?
A: The one-China principle is a consensus shared by the international community. It is based on this principle that China established diplomatic ties with the relevant countries in accordance with international law and basic norms governing international relations, as well as the fundamental interests of the people not only in China but also in these countries. This is a well-justified decision in response to the call of the times. A sovereign country can choose with whom it wishes to develop diplomatic ties, because it has the sovereign right to do so. Such right should be respected, and other countries are in no position to say otherwise.
Our advice for the relevant country is that it should not forget the fact that it established diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China decades ago on the basis of acknowledging the one-China principle. It should adopt a correct view of other countries' establishment of diplomatic ties with China, cautiously and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, and refrain from further saying or doing anything irresponsible for the sake of its own image and cross-Strait peace and stability.
Q: Just now you gave an elaborate reply to State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Pakistan. The Pakistani media has noted that there was no announcement of any new economic aid to Pakistan, as the country is reeling under the economic crisis under the new government. Was there any assistance commitment from China to Pakistan?
A: China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. Our friendship gets reflected not only in the political area but also in economic cooperation. China and Pakistan have made remarkable achievements in the building of the CPEC.
During his visit to Pakistan, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi reached important consensus with the Pakistani side on accelerating the building of the CPEC. As I just said, the two sides decided to determine the future development path and the course for cooperation under the CPEC through negotiations in light of Pakistan's next-stage socio-economic development priorities and the needs of its people. Priorities will be given to speeding up industrial cooperation and livelihood projects, and we will gradually extend them to the western part of Pakistan and enable more Pakistanis to benefit from the CPEC.
The aim of the CPEC is to benefit the Pakistani people and deliver tangible benefits to the ordinary Pakistanis.
Q: The DPRK held a military parade yesterday to celebrate its founding anniversary. Special Representative of President Xi Jinping also attended the military parade. What is your comment?
A: Li Zhanshu, Special Representative of General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress led a delegation of the CPC and the Chinese government to visit the DPRK and attended the celebration events marking the 70th anniversary of the DPRK's founding. It showcased the great importance China attaches to its relationship with the DPRK and represented China's warm congratulations to the DPRK's 70th founding anniversary.
During his stay in the DPRK, Special Representative Li Zhanshu met with Chairman Kim Jong-un and handed over a letter from General Secretary Xi Jinping. You may all have read news about that.
I want to add that together with the heads of other delegations who were invited to attend the 70th anniversary, Special Representative Li Zhanshu attended a range of celebration events. What's special about this year's celebration, as many media noted in their reports, is that the DPRK demonstrated more of its achievements in the economic field and its determination to improve its economy and people's livelihood.
On the Korean Peninsula issue, China's position is firm and clear. China remains committed to the denuclearization of the Peninsula and to upholding peace and stability on the Peninsula. Meanwhile, as a friendly neighbor of the DPRK, China stands ready to consolidate friendship with the DPRK and support the DPRK in improving its economy and people's livelihood.


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